Tickets - £10 Available here
Tickets will also be available from the Customer First Center, Whitley Bay from 30 July
Tickets - £10 Available here
Tickets will also be available from the Customer First Center, Whitley Bay from 30 July
Whitley Bay Film Festival
17 Sep - October 2025.
A packed programme of film screenings in
unique locations across Whitley Bay and beyond.
Whitley bay Film Festival 2025 will take place across September and October, launching from Whitley Bay’s most iconic landmark St Mary’s Lighthouse with the comedy classic, Local Hero and a 40th anniversary screening of The Goonies!
We’ll be at The Cullercoats Watch House for a special screening ofJacque Tati’s Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday.
The picturesque village of Earsdon for the 1960
Sci Fi horror - Village of the Damned and Seaton Delaval Hall will create the fabulous backdrop for 2 special 50th Anniversary screenings of
The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
Check out the full programme HERE
The Whitley Bay Film Festival is delivered by Primate Productions and the Festival team. We are all volunteers.
Our Festival Patron is screen writer Ian La Frenais.
Special thanks to:
Adam Kelsey, Mark Iveson, Alicia Ward, Paul Harvey, Tiz Weepers, Rendezvous Cafe, Lesley Fraser, BBC Newcastle, Emma Thomas and Siobhan Falkous, Dave Johns, Elizabeth Brissenden, David Haslam, Steve Brown, Andy Eardley, Oran Milstein, Julia Vickers, Lerina Osueke, Whitley Bay Customer First Centre, North Tyneside Council and all the venues involved.
*EXCITING NEWS*
Over the years, internationally acclaimed, Stuckist artist Paul Harvey has generously supported the Whitley Bay Film Festival, creating a number of unique paintings and exhibits specifically themed around film festival events.
In homage to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Paul’s latest piece, this wonderful painting of ‘Dr Frank-N-Furter’ will be on view throughout the festival at all events and could be yours!
Raffle tickets for this painting will be available to buy at all events and the draw will take place on the 3rd October.
All proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets will go towards the Whitley Bay Film Festival fund.
Very special thanks to Paul Harvey.
Bill Nighy & Ian La Frenais - 'Still Crazy'.
2022
Roger Daltrey - 40th Anniversary 'Tommy' 2015
Tony Iommi & Dick Carruthers - 'The End of The End'.
Moderator Chris Phipps 2018
Dexter Fletcher - 'Rocketman' .
Moderator Chris Jackson 2024
Festival team:
Director - Ema Lea Daggett, Primate Productions Ltd Technical manager – James Manningham
Team – Mal Sinyard, John Oswell, Iain Heslop, Joyce Jobe, Steve Daggett, Chris Maynard, Tracey Tofield, Pansy Morton, Russell Pilling, Carol Lynn, Paul Harvey, Stephanie Saunders, Cloudy Manningham, Dave Turnbull, Dave Shaw.
